Two supporters of embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore called a Democratic congresswoman "every racial slur you can think of" after they were busted for posing as journalists, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore, who is African-American, made headlines on Monday after she requested that the Senate prepares for "the possible election" of accused child molester Roy Moore by beefing up security for the 30 or so Senate pages — high school juniors and seniors interning in the halls of Congress.

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A couple of supporters of Moore, the GOP Senate candidate, apparently didn't like that idea.

"They were very clear on that they were offended by the congresswoman's efforts to protect children," Gwen Moore's communications director, Eric Harris, told the Daily News a few hours after fielding phone calls from the Roy Moore supporters — both of whom apparently pretended to be Associated Press reporters.

Roy Moore has been accused of sexually harassing or assaulting at least nine women. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Harris said he quickly realized that the two men were pulling a prank, adding that he speaks to "dozens of real journalists every day." But the men turned agressive when Harris confronted them.

"When we made it clear that it was a fake phone call, it was a moment of silence and then they came with the most incendiary racial hatred," Harris said.

The men, both of whom had "very strong southern accents," called Gwen Moore "the n-word, a monkey, an animal who belongs in a cage," according to Harris.

"Just really horrible, vitriolic stuff," he added.

This is not the first time people associated with Roy Moore have posed as fake reporters.

Last month, someone who identified himself as Bernie Bernstein of the Washington Post recorded a robo-call offering cash to females willing to make "damaging remarks about candidate Roy Moore." The paper's executive editor Marty Baron said he was "appalled that anyone would stoop to this level to discredit real journalism."

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Roy Moore has been accused of sexually assaulting or harassing at least nine women — some of them when they were as young as 14. Steering clear of addressing those damning allegations, President Trump endorsed Moore last week, calling him "a conservative who will help me steer this country back on track."